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Class : Terra Sigillata
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Source : Gaul
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Distribution in Britain
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Source of ware
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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.112-113 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : MOTS
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National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (Tomber & Dore 1998)
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Cross-reference from this group to fabric descriptions published in
The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (1998):
- MON SA
- Montans samian p.29
Illustrations of these fabrics are available only in the printed catalogue: R. Tomber & J. Dore,
The national Roman fabric reference collection. A handbook
Museum of London Archaeology Service, London. MOLAS monograph 2. (1998). |
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Terra sigillata produced at Montans (Tarn/FR) and distributed across
western Gaul, northern Spain and Britain during the 1st and 2nd
centuries AD. |
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Database of sigillata forms
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A searchable database of the principal sigillata forms
is available
here.
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Fabric and technology
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Hard, fine-textured, with slightly irregular fracture; distinguished
by pale brown fabric (e.g. 10YR 8/4) with matt brownish-red slip
(2.5YR 5/6) Inclusions of abundant fine red iron ore and sparse
quartz and mica.
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Chronology
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Manufacture commences in Augustan period; plain and decorated
wares exported to Britain from Neronian period until end of production
in late Antonine period. In London, most is probably Flavian/Trajanic,
but includes cache of nine stamped vessels from 'second fire'
levels (Marsh 1981, 200-1).
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Source
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Montans (Tarn), in Aquitaine.
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Distribution
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A predominantly western French distribution, with extension into
northern Spain; wide but thin distribution in Britain, as far
as northern frontier (Hartley 1972, 42-5). but rarely more than
a few sherds on most sites.
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Aliases
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Colchester fabric MT. JRPS bibliography fabric mts.
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Bibliography
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Bémont and Jacob 1986, 58-71. Some of the British material is
described in Simpson 1976.
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References
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Bémont and Jacob 1986.
Bémont, C. and Jacob, J.-P., La Terre sigillée gallo-romaine.
Lieux de production du Haut Empire: implantations, produits, relations,
Documents d'archéologie française, 6, Maison des Sciences
de l'Homme, Paris, (1986).
Hartley 1972.
Hartley, B. R., 'The Roman occupation of Scotland. The evidence
of samian ware', Britannia, 3, (1972), pp. 1-55.
Marsh 1981.
Marsh, G. D., 'London's samian supply and its relationship to
the development of the Gallic samian industry' in Roman Pottery
research in Britain and North-West Europe. Papers presented to
Graham Webster, ed. A. C. Anderson and A. S. Anderson, British
archaeological reports. International series, 123, BAR,
Oxford, (1981), pp. 173-238.
Simpson 1976.
Simpson, G., 'Decorated Terra Sigillata at Montans (Tarn) from
the Manuscript of Elie Rossignol at Albi', Britannia, 7,
(1976), pp. 244-73.
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Bibliography
There are several papers on Montans sigillata in the
Documents de Céramologie Montanaise, 1 (1997).
The importance of Montans as a supplier of sigillata in
Aquitaine and Brittany is illustrated by (for instance) Jaques and Martin 1997
and Martin and Triste 1997.
The overall distribution map of Montans sigillata published in
Roman pottery in Britain illustrates a wide
distribution in Iberia. This was derived from the map by
Beltrán lloris
(1990)
which in turn is partly based on mis-attributions of stamps to
Montans based on the data in Oswald's Index of potters'
stamps on terra sigillata , (1931).
See Martin in Bémont & Jacob
(1986, 70)
for a more accurate map.
References
BeltránLloris 1990
BeltránLloris, M., Guía de la cerámica romana, Libros Pórtico, Zaragoza, (1990).
Bémont and Jacob 1986
Bémont, C. and Jacob, J.-P., La Terre sigillée gallo-romaine. Lieux de production du Haut Empire: implantations, produits, relations, Documents d'archéologie française, 6, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, (1986).
Jaques and Martin 1997
Jaques, P. and Martin, T., Céramiques sigillées et vases à parois fines des sites de Lespinasse et du Centre administratif St-Jacques à Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), Documents de Céramologie Montanaise, 1, (1997), pp. 41-98.
Martin and Triste 1997
Martin, T. and Triste, A., Le commerce de la sigillée de Momtans sur les côtes de Morbihan: l'exemple de Vannes. I - les estampilles (Fouilles 1981-1991), Documents de Céramologie Montanaise, 1, (1997), pp. 111-136.
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